It's not a case of Martin Kelly over Richards though no matter how much the press are trying to make the point. Every issue seems to create this hysterical reaction which is utterly ridiculous.

No point taking senior players for solely one game when they possibly might not even play anyway. Allows another player to train with the senior squad who might be a regular part of the squad in the future.

It's not a case of Martin Kelly over Richards though no matter how much the press are trying to make the point. Every issue seems to create this hysterical reaction which is utterly ridiculous.

No point taking senior players for solely one game when they possibly might not even play anyway. Allows another player to train with the senior squad who might be a regular part of the squad in the future.

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Future? Richards is 1 year old than Kelly and easily the better player.

According the Hodgson, Richards would be the 3rd choice RB at Liverpool even though he's better than both Johnson and Kelly.

It's not the fact that it's one match...it's the way Richards keeps getting overlooked that's disgusting.

Hodgson has already shown he's clueless.....this just reaffirms the belief.

Kelly has never been capped or called up and has far less experience at this level. Calling up Micah Richards for a one off game when he's never going to be a part of the tournament isn't fair or logical.

Kelly has never been capped or called up and has far less experience at this level. Calling up Micah Richards for a one off game when he's never going to be a part of the tournament isn't fair or logical.

Don't see any point in resting the Chelsea players. It will be an entire week between games. Hodgson needs to use these warmup friendlies to work out his Euro team. No point wasting them.

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It's not just the games though it's the training. You can't really expect Lampard and Cole to meet up with Hodgson today and train for Norway, after having such a big game only a few days ago. I would have taken Cahill though considering he has already had a few weeks out before the CL final, and did not actually train for the final